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People Who Have Power Respond Simply. They Have No Minds But Their Own.

Most Of The Pleasure Of Making A Book Would Go If It Held Nothing To Be Shared By Other People. I Would Write For A Few Dozen People, And Sometimes It Seems That I Do So, But I Would Not Write For No-one.

Real Charity And Real Ability Never To Condemn-the One Real Virtue-is So Often The Result Of A Waking Experience That Gives A Glimpse Of What Lies Beneath Things.

I Never Know Why Self-sacrifice Is Noble. Why Is It Better To Sacrifice Oneself Than Someone Else?

Pushing Forty? She's Hanging On For Dear Life.